Yemen's Houthi group said on Sunday that they had launched a barrage of ballistic missiles and drones targeting the Sharurah military base in southern Saudi Arabia.
The attacks targeted "weapons depots and command and control centers that are managing the aggression against our nation and people," Houthi military spokesman Yahya Sarea wrote on X, adding the operation was in response to the continued Saudi military action against Yemen.
Sarea said the strikes involved a large number of ballistic missiles and drones and were "precise and direct," warning that further operations would be "more intense and larger" and reach deep into the Saudi territory.
The spokesman said a day earlier that Saudi warplanes had carried out 129 airstrikes across seven Yemeni provinces over the past 48 hours.
The strikes hit the southwestern province of Taiz, the oil-rich northeastern province of Marib, the Red Sea province of Hodeidah, and the northern provinces of Al-Jawf, Saada, Amran and Hajjah, he said on X.
Sarea said F-15 and Typhoon fighter jets launched the strikes after taking off from southwestern Saudi military bases in Khamis Mushait and Taif, warning that the strikes "will not go unanswered and unpunished."
Also on Saturday, the Saudi Civil Defense said that two individuals were injured when a projectile launched by Yemen's Houthi group fell in Al-Tuwal governorate in the Jazan region.
The Civil Defense said its teams responded to the incident, which also caused material damage to a mosque, several buildings and vehicles.
It stressed that targeting civilian sites is a flagrant violation of international humanitarian law, adding that the Civil Defense followed the required procedures for such incidents.
According to reports, Yemeni government forces said on Saturday that they had struck Houthi members and vehicles in the strategic Red Sea port city of Mocha, which was captured by the Houthis on Thursday.
After seizing Mocha, Houthi forces pushed south into Dhubab and took Mayun Island on Friday, consolidating their presence around the Bab al-Mandab Strait.
Mayun, also known as Perim, lies in the middle of Bab al-Mandab, dividing the strategic waterway into two channels. The strait connects the Red Sea with the Gulf of Aden and forms a critical maritime route between Asia and Europe through the Suez Canal.
The latest fighting marks one of the sharpest escalations since a UN-brokered truce in 2022 largely halted major hostilities.
Yemen's conflict began in late 2014 when the Houthis seized Sanaa and much of northern Yemen, prompting a Saudi-led coalition to intervene the following year in support of the internationally recognized government.
Yemen's Houthis claim airstrikes on Saudi military base
Yemen's Houthis claim airstrikes on Saudi military base
